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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
1
A fragmented piece critiques Hoover era policies linking taxi fares, car industry jobs, and dirigible plans to employment and public morale. It notes calls for auto and airship projects to spur work, discusses bank closings, and mentions politicians and business leaders shaping economic debates in 1932.
Washington reports President Hoover and Secretary Mills under fire from Speaker Garner over Treasury estimates and budget cuts. House adopts an amendment taxing dividends to boost revenue, with claims of possible $77 million more in income tax. Debate centers on cabinet cooperation and Treasury practice.
In a rural Baptist church near Sikeston Missouri Larry Hargraves shot his estranged wife Beulah Ervity Hargraves dead after entering the church and firing three bullets into her head. The killer walked to the door then returned to the body and later surrendered to authorities in Sikeston. The couple had been married about a year.
Four of five large gasoline companies in San Antonio posted price increases on Friday raising regular to 27 cents and high test to 20 cents. Humble Oil did not announce an increase that day, having raised earlier. Gulf Refining Magnolia Petroleum and Grayburg Oil did not announce new raises then. The move is reported as statewide.
Los Angeles gossip reports screen actress Gertrude Astor suffering a nervous breakdown under physician care after collapsing in the county clerk’s office while her attorney argued over a records suit against Vittan Duncan. Miss Astor accuses Miss Duncan of damages tied to occupancy of Astor’s Hollywood name.
A strike call affecting 25000 coal miners in Ohio and hundreds more in West Virginia was issued by international and district officers of the United Mine Workers of America after mine owners refused to assent to a new wage agreement. The action takes effect today.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Ballintare and Oble railroad to borrow 37 million from the Reconstuction Finances corporation. Simultaneously the Florida East Coast Railway was authorized to borrow 918 thousand from the Reconstruction commission.
Forecast hints at warm spell with temperatures near 60 degrees midweek and a higher Saturday reading. Southernly winds shift easterly later, with West Texas expected warmer, and overall conditions suggest a gentle warming trend into the weekend.
In Miami Ohio on April 1 a 3-year-old boy Gerald Col nog was rescued from a 20-foot deep drill shaft after nine hours of mining and rescue work. He was examined at Baptist hospital with a swollen head and cold, parents by his side as X rays were planned to check for broken bones.
About fifty Communists attacked a Detroit Ford agency display in mid April as a crowd of about two hundred watched inside. Police dispersed the rioters, with windows broken and several stones and debris scattered near the plate glass as alarmed shoppers looked on.
County Commissioners A G Trawalter and Robert F Uhr e circulated letters proposing blanket salary cuts of 20 percent for all appointed and elected county officials and employees excluding district court judges. The plan would cut ranges from 100 to 150 dollars at lower levels up to 20 percent for higher pay, with some officials losing 420 per year and aides 950. Officials urged to consider the suggestion but took no action.
Chicago announces Ravinia summer opera will be suspended this year for the first time in two decades. Louis Eckstein, chief guarantor of the municipal classie, stated the decision due to funding and budget constraints.
Delegates to the thirteenth biennial convention of the National Council of Jewish Women reported unanimous consensus on birth control. Indy area delegates emphasized policy and community impact during the meeting held in April.
In Culion leper colony a raid by 150 male patients abducted 50 young women from the girls dormitory after supper. Officials said the attack stemmed from a long standing ban on lepers marrying, and attendants were surprised as many girls were carried from their rooms while screaming.
Los Angeles April 1 arrest on evasion of 108547 20 dollars in income tax. Edwin Carewe once a leading motion picture director was at liberty while marshals sought G Wallace Forge Hollywood income tax adviser, who aided Carewe in making his return.
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio and War Secretary Plutarco Elias Calles escaped injury yesterday when their car ran off a rough road and wrecked in a ditch during a vacation trip in Colima state. Both authorities were unhurt and proceeded on their way after the mishap.
Pasadena report notes discovery of white flies in a local orchard. County agriculture officials say the pest could threaten fragile crops if not controlled, comparing its potential damage to that of the Mediterranean fruit fly.
A jewelry store owner Charles Sands of downtown Cleveland was robbed as two men kidnapped him. The thieves escaped with the jewelry, valued at about 109000 dollars, after forcing the proprietor to open Whesa Thowns One Chi rothery.
Brackenridge students held a lively day with Pranks and song after classes. Staff and a visiting group from another school joined the celebration, while some students caused disruptions and drew attention from faculty.
SHANGHAI Apr 1. Elizabeth Skart of Tacos Wiel will receive a tribute from the Chinese nation to honor her son, Robert, an American aviator shot down over Songhowayy in February. She and her other son will attend with government officials and receive the awards, which are likely to be military.
Mexico adopts Central Standard Time today, moving most of the country one hour ahead. Mountain and Pacific regions adjust accordingly within the timetable, with California exempt from the change. The presidential decree outlines the new standard time across public life and commerce.
An official from New Jersey announces Major Spaeftel and Col. Ly Norman Schwarzkopf reported Schoeffel sailed last week toward Europe to pursue the kidnapped infant. Schwarzkopf refused to name the vessel or the park destination, promising more details in the next bulletin.
Private detectives hovered over a Philadelphia house early today in vain hope of locating the Lindbergh baby. The tip origin was March 18 from two men who warned Morton Bornstein to expect a blue sedan and a man and woman at the scene. Bernsen and another detective met with Lindbergh representatives, but no police assistance was requested.
Rear Admiral Guy H Burrage, retired, said today there has been a new development since yesterday in the negotiations for the return of the kidnapped Timbergi baby. Norfolk men acting as intermediaries for the child’s return declined to specify the nature of the development. Continued on Page 12. Cal. 3)
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